Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd better start at the beginning , and it 's a long story . ’ |
| 2 | And it 's a long way away . |
| 3 | And it 's a long way to where we came in . |
| 4 | And it 's a long time ago — ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I fancy it very much , ’ she said , and checked her watch , ‘ but it 's well past three and it 's a long drive to Lisbon , so should n't you make a start ? ’ |
| 6 | And it 's a long term promotion . |
| 7 | and it 's a long day and then you 'd have to come back and your day 's far from over . |
| 8 | And I thought I do n't know how she manages to back that down , but she does , and it 's a long drive like that int it ? |
| 9 | I do n't know when we went on the coach to Mannock Farm Camp Site erm you know , and it 's a long old haul ! |
| 10 | Had a very , very good over from Bill Tufnell there , it 's always a bit tricky when you come on to bowl and it 's turning and it 's a long day ahead and you , you 're expected to get hissed and you expect to get hissed , and you can get very impatient when they do n't come , but he 's got one now , he 's got , now he 's bowled well all morning now , he 's bowled almost for an hour , but he 's got that one wicket and he , that over was full of confidence , he tossed one up , misjudged the length and got into a bit of a tangle and then he bowled a quicker one which tried to cut , he then misjudged the pace and he could off nick it to the , a very , very good over and he 's bowling with , with great confidence at the moment . |
| 11 | In the book we have in front of us — and it is a long one — he never does . |
| 12 | But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth , and it is a long , hard journey over the ice to the Pole . |
| 13 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
| 14 | Meanwhile — and it was a long meanwhile — the British were delighted with themselves and with their statecraft . |
| 15 | While this was a good thing , such improvements were at first only superficial , and it was a long time before everyday living conditions in deaf boarding institutions and day classes were of acceptable standard . |
| 16 | Celtic Crescent was n't a crescent , and it was a long time since it had been Celtic . |
| 17 | No , we had no accidents , the only one I had was er when I 'd been right to the top , with the other crane an and it was a long shop , and everyone had done with me during the morning , so I hoisted the crane up , pulled it in towards me and set myself going down the shop , put it in full speed . |
| 18 | They regarded him as something more or less from outer space , and it was a long time before he and his family felt themselves to be part of the community . |
| 19 | She had to talk for as long as he wanted and it was a long time . |
| 20 | Merymose 's face hardened , and it was a long time before he answered . |
| 21 | Luke Scott was soon back in her thoughts , and it was a long time before she slept . |
| 22 | Then his smoke-outline blurred to darkness and it was a long time until I woke . |
| 23 | He had n't wanted to learn more about them , not really , ugly things after all and it was a long time ago . |
| 24 | His kisses were deep and cherishing and hungry , and it was a long time before they eventually came up for air . |
| 25 | Not only property stolen in Ipswich , but from surrounding areas , and it was a long job . |
| 26 | It was discovered not on earth in fact but on the sun in the first place , in about eighteen sixty-eight erm absorption lines were seen , and , and it was a long time after that before people realised there was some helium on the earth and , and , and eventually erm helium , some gas was found bubbling up through , from a pit in the Black Forest and , and analysed and found to be helium . |
| 27 | He arrived in an old banger , it was a big farm you know , 500 acre farm , arable and sheep mostly , and it was a long long way right up to this farm , half way up the hill he was going , ’ Gee up then , gee up then . ’ |
| 28 | I thoroughly recommend it but it is a long route , so take a water bottle and a good look at the weather . |
| 29 | But it is a long way from the recognition of such local features to the interpretation of whole scenes . |
| 30 | ‘ The result should be known before the end of the season but it is a long , drawn-out procedure under Olympic rules . ’ |